Young gun Jonny Cocker> is well placed to add the Porsche Infineon Carrera Cup Asia to his impressive CV.

The reigning British GT champion from Guisborough moved up to second in the points table with two races left after a win and a second place in his Gruppe M Porsche at the Taebaek Circuit in South Korea.

But the 19-year-old track star has a problem - he's #70,000 under his budget for the year.

The remaining rounds are a support event for the Formula One Grand Prix at Shanghai, which he won last year, and a race on Macau Grand Prix bill in November.

He is also in action this weekend in the Le Mans Endurance Series at Silverstone, where he will be partnered by Tim Sugden.

A crowd of around 40,000 is expected for the meeting, which will also be shown live on Motors TV.

Tyres for the event will cost Jonny around #5,400 - but his potential sponsor for the event has pulled out at the 11th hour.

Now his back-up team are looking for a local sponsor to support him to the tune of #5,000 for the race.

In return they will put the sponsor's logo on Jonny's car and suit for the race and also offer tickets and hospitality for the race.

The 24-year-old from Stockton was second in the final of round three at the A1 Speedworld circuit in Austria, fighting his way through the field from sixth on the grid.

With victories under his belt from previous rounds in France and Britain, the result was enough to ensure the HRS Motorsport driver the title.

"It would have been great to take the title with another win but I knew second was probably going to be good enough so there was no point taking too many risks," said Oman, who also leads the British Super One Senior Rotax series.

"Starting from final from sixth after failing to finish one of the earlier heats meant we were facing a big challenge but it's a twisty circuit with a few overtaking opportunities.

"I'm delighted I was able to take my chances when they came and hang on."

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Local heroes> Des Wheatley and Dave Bellerby are confirmed entries for the supernational class at Croft Circuit's Rallycross Superprix on Sunday, November 6.

Wheatley, from Hartlepool, and Northallerton driver Bellerby, will face a strong European challenge including ten top Norwegian drivers.

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Castleton's Ryan Champion> and co-driver Craig Thorley are just two rounds from winning the Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge.

The pair lost 45 seconds to a fuel pump problem in the last round at Swansea Bay - but fought their way up to fourth at the end to maintain their lead in the series.

"I'm quite relieved to get back up to fourth after the problems we had," said Ryan afterwards.

And he added: "The main thing is Craig and I are still leading the championship and we've shown our speed when we needed to.

"Now we just have to make sure of another strong finish on the Park Systems Rally on September 10."

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Darlington's Guy Wilks> now holds a four-point lead in the Junior World Rally Championship after a third place finish in the rally of Finland.

He suffered a puncture on the first forest stage but went on to earn a podium place in the new Suzuki Swift Super 1600's rally debut.